It is a part of a folk song. Full text you'll find in the link below. It is said that it is a taken from Exodus 15:19. "When the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and hi…s chariot drivers went into the sea, the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them; but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground. "

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